Apparatus



Sept 20, 1927. ,078

M; H. MADSEN HAY HANDLING APPARATUS Filed Jan. 27, 1927 mix- invention to do witha han hand,

Patented Sept 20, 1921 MAIDS H. MADsE v, or K MBALLToN; IOWA.

AY-'HANDLING'APPARATUS.

I 7 Application filed January 27, .1927. Serial No. 163,997

dling deyic-e. j p I v Where hay is: stored in barns it is a comnoon; practice to put a; track in the. upper part of the barn. A fork travels along this track to: carry the hay from outside this barn" or from wagons'to the desired point for depositing the hayr f a e objectional feature of this method of carrying the hay into the mow or barn arises ,u h b ttrjmymanna 'is to provide mechanism ofsimplepdurable and, inexpen sivecon'struct on wh ch :canbe used n-con- Iiction with the l fork; and fvvhichj Willserve a ones h -Pu po e thr i e the .h y'e h t the other so as 'toreduce labor ofmowing it away. L a I For th' purposeit is object to provide h a; iotatingmemberarranged'below the track so that it may be adjusted to be below the fork "when thefhay, is discharged,- whereby the" hay; will drop on the rotating member and be dro'p'ped onone side or the other of their/enter line o t the barn orfthe'lineimmediately belowzthe'track.

., W'th these andpther objects view,

invention consists in the construction, ar

, rangement and combination -of the various v parts o-f ny hay handling apparatus, where- I b'yjt elob'jec'ts contemplated are attained, as

hereinafter" more fully set, to rth, pointed out in my.,cl'aiin s,, and illustrated in the accom; @ayingamw ings', 1111' which: i a j V rr'gurefil is a top orplan viewof a track an fa ihayl handling device embodying my invention, the ha tr k hanger-s being i f Eig 1re 2isa de e -li n thls same shown in section. 7

. Eigu 3 is a detail sectional view taken oirtheline of Figure 2.

Eig re 4; sectional view ine'Hfif-F ga l Eigure 1551s a clef ilfseefienalf view itak en e as-J1me efE j :5; a vli igureifi sa transverse S G C lHOIIal VIBW 1l-' taken on the c lustratinga modifiediorinof amounting for which: ay be, enyas iyab e hapwifd llustrate"d in my drawings the 1 I barn in which my deviceis installed. I a I hav shewnrin y w s he ack pated generallyrby the reference numeral 10 stretched below the trackand on opposite sides thereof. Y

-.'My improved device for dumping the hayto oneside or the other when it is discharged from the'fork comprises a skeleton drum or the like comprising the two end spiders 13 and 14 having the peripheral rims l5 and '16. These rims are connected by circumferentially-spaced slats 17 which maybebraced by aring 18 between. vthe end membersand asfillustrated, substantially midway of the lengt-hiof the rotarymember V i i v Projecting from the spider. 13 is a spindle 19 on which is loosely mounted a sleeve 20 beyond which is a retaining collar 21*, Mounted above the spindle 19 between the two cables 12 is a transversely arranged carriage indicated generally at A.

- The carriage comprises an angle bar 21 provided at its: ends with suitable brackets 22 carryinggrooved wheels or rollers 23-.-

The rollers 23 ofeach bracket '22 receives between. them, one of the cables 12 as illus-' trated in'Figures 2 and 3 whereby the carriage A ie-mounted to travel on the cables 12.

.,Above the-carriage A, a trackicarriagei B is mounted-to travel on thetrack 10. The carriage B may b e comprised of a U-shaped bracket 24flcarrying on the upper part of its the l'angle bar member21 of the carriage A.

A pair of chains-28 are secured to the sleeve 20 hereinbefo're mentionedi and diverging .upwa rdly and secured at their upper ends to the carriageA; v a

The structure just explainedseryes 'sev-. 'eral functions." The chains 26 andcarriage A serve to prevent the cables 12 from, sagging in the middle. I

I The structure just described is also such as to prevent 'the endof the rotating memher I which is supported rromthe *carriage A', from swinging laterally. Both of the carriages B and A'may travelv freely length- Wi f h cka l a filwb e '45 5i I will now describe the means for supporting the other-end of the rotary member. I provide a pair or hangers 29 which are practically U-shaped as shown at the left hand part of Figure 3 and which support at their upper ends the grooved wheels 30 traveling on the cables 12.

There is one of the hangers 29 for each of the cables 12 and these hangers are con nected by an angle bar 31 as shown in Figure' 3. A shorter-hanger bar 345 is spaced below the angle bar 31 as shown in Figure 3' and 'issconnected therewith byplates The anglebars 31 and 34: are arranged as J shown in Figures 2 and 3 to form channels opened away from the end spider 14; of the rota'rymember which channel is provided with acentral' slot 36. I

Extending from the spider 14-. is' a hub 37' having, the projecting spindle 38 extended through the slot 36 and carrying between the horizontal flanges oi the angles 31 and 34:, a roller 39. y p

The-parts are soarranged that the spindle 3 8 and rollerare hired to the rotary member-which for convenience I indicate generallyby the character "C so as to rotate with it.

It will thus be seen that the rotary member 6 at its left hand end as shown in Figure 2, has a certain degree of prelateral movement. When the. roller 39 travels between the angles 31 and 34 for the possible distances between the plates 35, I have provided. on the underside'of the horizontal flange of the angle 81, a spring 10- the ends or which are declined downwardly slightly, so as to rrict i'onally engage the rollcr-39and to hold it against 'movement when it is near the limits of its lateral movement as determined by tlieplates- 35 I rope or the like 41' is secured to each end of the angle 31 for providing means for sliding the rotary device in one direction.

"- It may besl id in the other direction-by the engagement of the fork carriage with the carriage B In the actual use of the device the fork with its hay load is drawn to position above the rotary device G and the load ofhay is discharged, and drops on the rotarymember. Assuming that the rotary member is in the position shown in'Figure 1, the center otthe loadwill be such as to cause the hay to rotate in the direction indicated by the arrow42 in Figure 1 i hay will then be discharged on one side at the center line of thegtraclt and the rotation of the member 0 will cause its left hand end to travel so that the rotary memher will move from its full lineposition in Figure 1 toits dotted line position" in Figurel The next load will obviously cause the rotary member to move from its dotted line movement of such other end.

position to its full line position and the load of hay will be discharged: on. the other side ot the center line 7 7 It will be-obvious therefore, that the rotary devicererves automatically to discharge the load alternately on the opposite sides of the center line.

In Figure 6 I have showna slightly modi" ficd form or means tor mounting the right hand end of the rotary device. In the form shown in Figure 6' I have shown 2 tracks similar to the track 10 to replace the cables 12 and have shown the angle bar '21 probrackets 51 at its opposite vided with two ends.

The brackets 51 support the flanged wheels traveliuigon the tracks 50. AU-shaped hanger I 53 extends downwardly from the angle 21jand is connected universal joints 54 with the sleeve 20; The wheels: 30 of the hangers 29* also travel onthetracks 50 in the type of hay handling device illustrated in; Figure 6. A guard 55 made of pipe orthe like in U-shape"d form is securedfto' the bar 21 topreventl'i'ay from traveling past the end skeleton drum 0.. It Willthus beseenthat I have'provided simple and"efi'ective means for causing the hay to be discharged on: opposite sides or the? center line of th barn or the like.

' Therotary member can b'e moved to any position longitudinally of the traclie and war alternately dump the hay on oppositgsld s.

I found desirablein building adeivice or this kind to-so mount the. end of the rotary member C which has spindles'19 as to prevent its lateral swinging movement when the hay is dropped on it. This is accomp'lished by thestructures, shown; in my; drawingj. a I claim as mytinventionz In; a device of the class" described, a;

rotary member; meansforf holding said'rotary member for longitudinal sliding: move:

merit; said means being arranged to prevent lateral swinging or one end of the 'rotarymember and' to permit lateral swingingyof the: other end of the rotary member' and means for a'fi'ecting' lateral swinging: of one end of the rotary member. 1 2. In" a: device of the class described:v a rotary member having. spindles at itsiends, means for rotatably mounting one spindle for sliding movement substantially longitudinally of the rotary member, said being adapted to v prevent the lateral swinging ofthe rotary Inem'berymeans fo1"m'ount 7 ing the other end of the; rotary member for corresponding longitudinal movement "ofthe member and for lateral movement'of suchotlier end, and, means fora-fleeting lateral.

n 3. In a device of the class'dcscribedt' a re tary member havingfspindle'sat itsends, means for: rotatab'ly mounting onespindlh corresponding longitudinal movement of the i' v member, said means including parts for permitting such other end of therotary member to slide laterally, means, for holding said other member at the 'opposite ends of its sliding movement, and means for affecting lateral sliding movement of such other end of the rotary member. 4

4:.1111 a structure of the class described, a rotary member having spindles at its ends,

' a guide frame arranged laterally with rela,

,tion to the rotary member from one end spindle mounted on said guide frame for limited lateral rotary movement, the roller being fixed .to the spindle and means for supporting the other end of the rotary member rotatably' and for permitting the rotary member to be adjusted longitudinally.

5. In a device of the class described, a rotary member, means for supporting one end of the rotary member against lateral move-.

ment and for permitting the bodily movement of the rotary member substantially longitudinally and for permit-ting its rotation, a hanger structure adapted to move with said rotary member in its longitudinal movement having a laterally extended guide frame, a roller fixed to said rotary member arranged to travel in said guide frame.

Des Moines, Iowa, November, 19, 1926.

MADS H; MADSEN. 

